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A number of art museums are doing this with backpacks. For starters:

Denver Art Museum
http://www.denverartmuseum.org/frameset_master.cfm?frameID=12

Phoenix Art Museum
http://www.phxart.org/index_fam.html

Lisa Mackinney
Program Evaluator
California Academy of Sciences
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118
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Maija Sedzielarz wrote:
>
> I would like to know of any one who is using "learning kits" as a program
> in a museum or science center.  By learning kit, I mean materials, such as
> replicas, measuring tools, calculators, magnifiers, etc., which a visiting
> family or school group can check out to use in the museum.  (This does not
> include materials which are part of an exhibition, but rather those which
> can be carried around all of the galleries.)

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